“Returning to research” is a phrase with many meanings. But when Ian “the gent” Young stood down as VC at ANU in 2015 it is exactly what he said he would do and exactly what he has done.  “In particular, I am interested in how ocean winds and waves are changing,” he told ANU Reporter then. And now he has delivered, releasing a global data base of calibrated altimeter wind speed and wave height for the Australian Ocean Data Network.